▲ 33 r/CounterSide
I just finished the final Mainstream chapter.
Thank you, Counter:Side. It was a wonderful journey. I'll miss you.
u/hecaton_atlas — 10 days ago
▲ 52 r/askSingapore
Is it normal to be in debt in Singapore?
Job market is terrible, I'm down to my last month worth of savings in my bank account, been trying to start my own business but it'll still be some time before money comes in. I've been actively avoiding taking out loans and stuff but a memory resurfaced when in reservist, I heard that someone refused to come back for ICT because he "had debts to pay off".
That and hearing how every other entrepreneur has debts. Every other Singaporean person has a housing loan to pay off. I'm just wondering if it's "normal" here for people to have debts (do loans count as debts?). I don't know whether to resort to it as well just to keep going. I've always thought that me going into negative money means I'm in a really dire situation but if that's the situation with everyone else in Singapore... well...
u/hecaton_atlas — 15 days ago
▲ 10 r/ViralHit
The live action was good for what it aimed to be! (MANHWA READER)
As someone who followed the serialization of Viral Hit aka How To Fight from really early on all the way to the end and LOVED IT, I will say: I really enjoyed the live action.
Would it have been nice if it adapted the manhwa more faithfully? Yes, absolutely.
But for what its worth, the Viral Hit live action only had 6 episodes. What I saw was an attempt to encapsulate the core of the manhwa's story into as compact and efficient as possible in 6 episodes. And quite frankly, it did it pretty well!
Good points: It wove Asamiya/Bomi more into her involvement with the team rather than just being a prize to win, it gave Kanegon/Jiksae a really endearing character arc from asshole to ride-or-die bro, and the fights were choreographed really well in illustrating how Youtube-learnt Shimura/Hobin fights. Oh, and Taehoon/Shinjo looked like he popped straight out of the manhwa, INSANE CASTING!!
If I listed all the parts I wish they did better, of course, it'd be a really long list. That's just a testament to how awesome How To Fight was. But if I, rather than judge Viral Hit based on my expectations from the manhwa, judged it based on what it is as a standalone show, it's a FANTASTIC underdog story. It's easy to pick up, easy to get into, and anyone I know who enjoyed it, I can heartily recommend the manhwa for the full, much more fleshed out experience. Genuinely, it's a GREAT 6-episode Netflix show!!
If there's one thing I'm most sad about, it's the massive aura loss from this:
But yeah, guys. I know most of us are long-time fans and wish for better. I get the feeling. But it's important that we're just sad about it, not mad. Because, don't forget:
u/hecaton_atlas — 2 months ago
▲ 326 r/askSingapore
Do you think people who make $2000/mth should be able to make a living?
Thought question. I have a couple of friends who work very basic jobs full-time: GrabFood, Mcdonalds, Starbucks, Delivery, Hawker, Cleaner, artist, so on and so forth. Despite spending their entire days and weeks of the month working, they often only make about $2k a month. For those that rent, most of that already goes to pay that.
I know the government says everyone should upskill to get better salary, but also… these jobs are pretty necessary for Singapore too, aren’t they? If they all upskill… who does these low-paying jobs? Are these jobs designed for a person to not be able to afford a normal life?
What is the general sentiment of people in Singapore? Should a basic life (food, shelter, rest) be affordable to a person earning $2k a month? Or is it a deliberate choice for it not to be?
u/hecaton_atlas — 2 months ago
When Grace and Rocky use a clock to figure out numbers, or when Rocky says >!he'll go back 6 years slower!<, I was wondering...
Isn't the length of a year different for Earthlings and Eridians?
A year is measured by how long it takes to make one full revolution around our star. Erid must be completely different because they have a different solar system and possible a different distance from their star. So if they try to quantify things in Years, Months, Days, wouldn't it be completely off?
This is digging a hole in the movie by the way. Absolutely love it. This is just the one thing that has been nagging at the back of my mind all this time and I thought I would find an explanation for it online by now but I haven't.
u/hecaton_atlas — 3 months ago